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‘No man acquires property,’ said Ralph Waldo Emerson, ‘without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.’ Many investors have acquired property, both direct and via property trusts, in the last decade. But the maths lesson may still be on its way. We feel the sums have only deteriorated in the past few years—there’s too much risk for too little reward.

The arithmetic of property is pretty simple. Although it varies, on average we demand a debt-free yield of roughly 8% to compensate for having our money tied up in a long-term asset that is...

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